习近平致电祝贺通伦当选老挝人民革命党中央总书记

新华社北京1月8日电 1月8日,中共中央总书记习近平致电通伦,祝贺他再次当选老挝人民革命党中央总书记。

习近平在贺电中说,老挝党十一大以来,老挝党中央团结带领老挝人民积极探索符合本国国情的社会主义发展道路,攻坚克难、砥砺前行,在推进党的建设、发展经济、改善民生、拓展对外交往等方面取得了一系列重要成就。老挝党十二大胜利召开,对于老挝党和老挝社会主义事业发展具有承前启后、继往开来的重要意义。祝愿在以总书记同志为首的老挝党中央坚强领导下,老挝党和人民团结一心、接续奋斗,胜利完成老挝党十二大提出的各项目标任务,不断开创老挝社会主义事业新局面,朝着2055年建党百年奋斗目标勇毅前进。

中老是山同脉、水同源的社会主义友好邻邦。近年来,在双方共同努力下,中老关系进入历史最好时期,具有战略意义的中老命运共同体建设不断走深走实,取得一系列丰硕成果。在周边格局和世界变局深度联动的新形势下,我愿同总书记同志一道,加强对中老关系发展的战略引领,弘扬中老传统友谊,深化治党治国经验交流,拓展各领域务实合作,推动中老命运共同体建设朝着高标准、高质量、高水平目标持续迈进,更好造福两国人民,更好服务各自社会主义事业发展,为促进地区乃至世界和平稳定与发展繁荣作出新贡献。

Xi congratulates Thongloun on election as general secretary of Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping on Thursday congratulated Thongloun Sisoulith on his reelection as general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee.

In his congratulatory message, Xi said that since the convening of the 11th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the party's Central Committee has united and led the Lao people in actively exploring a socialist development path suited to the country's national conditions, overcoming difficulties and pressing ahead, and having scored a series of important accomplishments in advancing party building, developing the economy, improving people's livelihoods and expanding external exchanges.

The successful convening of the 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is highly significant for building on past achievements and opening up new prospects for the development of the party and the socialist cause in Laos, Xi said.

Xi expressed the hope that, under the strong leadership of the central committee with Thongloun at its core, the party and people will remain united and continue their efforts to fulfill all goals and tasks set forth by the 12th national congress, continuously make new advances in Laos' socialist cause, and press forward with resolve toward the party's centenary goal in 2055.

Xi noted that China and Laos are friendly socialist neighbors connected by shared mountains and rivers. In recent years, through joint efforts, China-Laos relations have entered their best period in history, with the endeavor to build the strategically significant China-Laos community with a shared future steadily deepening and becoming more tangible, yielding a series of fruitful results, he said.

Xi said that in the new situation where the regional dynamics are deeply interconnected with global changes, he stands ready to work with the General Secretary to strengthen the strategic guidance for the development of China-Laos relations, promote the traditional friendship between China and Laos, deepen the exchange of experiences in party governance and state management, expand practical cooperation in various fields, and drive the China-Laos community with a shared future toward a high-standard, high-quality and high-level goal.

This will bring greater benefits to the people of both countries, better serve the development of the socialist cause, and make new contributions to promoting peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region and the world, he added. ■